Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal

The editors of Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal invite submissions for the Fall 2026 / Volume 21.1 Forum on the topic of Early Modern Women and Migrancy. In keeping with the Journal’s tradition since its third issue (2008), this Forum will comprise short contributions on a single topic by scholars from a variety of disciplines. For Volume 21.1, we invite contributions on women’s experiences of migration and migrancy specifically (as opposed to other kinds of mobility) in the early modern world. We particularly encourage submissions that appeal to readers across disciplinary and national boundaries. Articles may cover literature, history, art history, history of science, geography, music, politics, religion, theater, cultural studies, and any region of the early modern world. At least part of our selection process will be focused on assuring geographical, chronological, and disciplinary diversity across the essays ultimately published in this Forum. Submissions are due October 15, 2025 and should be 3,500 words including footnotes; essays should follow the EMW Style Guide (www.journals.uchicago.edu/pb-assets/docs/journals/EMW-style-guide-CMOS18-1735857164913.pdf). Contributions will be peer-reviewed. If you have any questions about whether your proposed forum essay fits the scope of the journal, please contact us at emw@press.uchicago.edu. Please submit contributions at https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/journals/emw/about. See Submissions and Instructions for Authors. For article type, select Forum. For additional queries, please contact the editors at emw@press.uchicago.edu.

Here's our CFP for the Forum again, with ALT text

In case you haven't seen it, here's our call for the upcoming Forum in Early Modern Women. Consider submitting a short piece on the theme of migrancy! #EarlyModern

Call for papers for the Conflict, War and Violence in the Early Modern World Conference, taking place at the University of Exeter on 30-31 October. We are exploring early modern conflict in all its forms. We particularly seek to unpack the interactions between the more traditional aspects of conflict, such as the political, tactical and strategic, with the more human side of it, including sociocultural approaches that explore experiences, representations and impacts of violence. As such, we particularly welcome proposals that look beyond purely military history and break chronological, geographical and disciplinary boundaries. We welcome proposals for individual papers of up to 20 minutes, or full panels of three to four papers, on any aspect of conflict, war and violence in the early modern period. Speakers might consider, but are not limited to, the following themes: Physical, tactical, operational and strategic aspects of warfare. Martial identities, values and motivations. Notions of gender, race, class and religion. Remembering, (re)imagining and representing violence and/or conflict. The experience of violence, its impact and the everyday at war. Popular allegiance in early modern conflict. Maritime violence and naval warfare. The bureaucracy of conflict, finance and the law. Abstracts of up to 300 words, along with a biographical note, should be sent to earlymodernwar@gmail.com by Friday 5th September.

We are thrilled to announce that the Conflict, War and Violence in the Early Modern World Conference, with a keynote address by Professor Mark Stoyle, will be held on 30-31 October at the University of Exeter.

Please help us spread the world, and consider submitting a proposal!🗡️

Very excited about this event on the 25th!

I’m talking about nuns again! A pleasure to discuss my work on 16th & 17thC women religious in with @onthetudortrail.bsky.social recently.

Listen here talkingtudors.podbean.com

#nuntastic #catholichist #earlymodern #womeninhistory #tudorhistory

I neglected to announce this #nuntastic text when it came out:

Moran, S.J., "Women and Artistic Knowledge in the Family: Mechelen Beguinage Grand Mistress Clara Eugenia Brueghel." In Brueghel: The Family Reunion. Ed. Nadia Groeneveld-Baadj, WBooks, 2023.

See independent.academia.edu/SarahJoanMoran

Call for Papers: History panel on women, strategy, and diplomatic practice in the early modern world for the Sixteenth Century Society's 2025 Conference in Portland.

Call for Papers: History roundtable on methodological approaches to locating diplomatic women in the archive and examining documents to identify and examine their agency, contributions, and challenges. For the Sixteenth Century Society's 2025 conference in Portland.

Fellow #Renaissance #earlymodern #skystorians of women's #diplomatichistory! The CFP for women + diplo strategy panel AND roundtable on approaches to women and EM diplomacy at #16thc #16thCentury Society in Portland! Royals, merchants, ambass's wives (+ sisters, nieces, daughters), servants, nuns

I love Margaret Baker! And it was fun writing with @nicosiamarissa.bsky.social. #EarlyModern and just in for #WomensHistoryMonth...

Added you to the second one

Yes, you were there from the start!

Finally, everyone should read the conversation by Matthieu Chapman and @annawainwright.bsky.social on teaching race and early modern women www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Fourth, Elizabeth Spragins and Emily Colbert Cairns offer a compelling analysis of violence against women in María de Zayas's work www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Tracing Women’s Copy Culture: Esther Inglis and the Octonaires | Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal: Vol 19, No 2

Taylor Clement offers a powerful argument on Esther Inglis and copy culture www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Next, Jutta Sperling's rich essay discusses the lactating Venus in art www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

First up is Tanya Burman's fascinating article on Badshah Begum and women's agency in early modern India www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal | Vol 19, No 2

Today is publication day! Check out our new issue with four articles, a conversation on race, an exhibition review, and many book reviews #EarlyModern www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/emw/curr...

I'm at RSA repping @emwjournal.bsky.social along w/co-editors @martinevanelk.bsky.social and @julieeckerle.bsky.social ! Chat with us if you have questions about the journal. And be sure to check out our display at the University of Chicago Press table at the book exhibit. We've got EMW swag!

And this one: go.bsky.app/F1pGKpL

Since so many of us are at #RenSa25 it's a good time to give this a little boost: go.bsky.app/Cqqbspt

We are at #RenSA25! See the journal at the University of Chicago Press booth at the book exhibit and feel free to come up to us to talk about any projects you are working on

Happy to have arrived in Boston for #RenSA2025! Expecting to hear lots of great talks these next few days and participate in lively discussions on early modern women

Reminder in the new year: Call for Paper is open until 31 March 2025. #BookHistory #HerBook 💙📚

Poems, by J[ohn]. D[onne]., with Elegies on the Authors Death, 1639 Surprisingly, Early Modern Female Book Ownership has never before profiled a copy of John Donne’s oft reprinted Poems: With Elegies on the Authors Death, first published two years after the p…

Start your week off with this moving post by @franceswolfreston.bsky.social on an early modern female owner of Donne's Poems https://buff.ly/4gK8Vkk #HerBook #EarlyModern @tarallyons.bsky.social @michelinewhite.bsky.social @memps2.bsky.social @erinannmcc.bsky.social

Bereft of all Human Help: Scottish Widows during the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) This article traces the plight of the widows of Scottish soldiers who participated in the Thirty Years' War. Contrasting a number of strategies the women used in two main contrasting legal systems...

If you are interested in women immigrants simply go to the "Simple search" & type FEMALE

This should bring up over 400 records. Of these there are about 100 robust bios.

Read about some here: www.academia.edu/44219200/Ber...
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I have just had the pleasure of looking through @drchrishiggins.bsky.social's amazing 'Wide Wandring Weemen' database that shows 2000+ journeys of English women throughout Europe and West Asia. #EarlyModern Women MOVED everyone - check it out! 🗃️https://travellers.thedevroom.co.uk/#

Annas Keith’s Books: Reconstructing Book Ownership By Jade Scott As demonstrated by the contributions to this blog, the most compelling evidence for women’s book ownership is a signature or inscription. Yet often we are left with frustratingly few …

Today on the blog: @huntingrebels.bsky.social takes a fascinating dive into the household accounts of Annas Keith, an early modern Scottish woman, to find out what books she owned https://buff.ly/3Z9Vum9 #HerBook #EarlyModern

Weird--I did it when you asked yesterday and it came back. Anyway, tried again! Apologies--hopefully it works this time

Really excellent scholarship here by @jemmafield.bsky.social

Pass it on @womenknowhistory.bsky.social @emwjournal.bsky.social @earlymodhistory.bsky.social

#Skystorians #16thC #17thC 📚 🗃

We began a second Starter Pack for people interested in early modern women. Let us know if you'd like to be added! #EarlyModern go.bsky.app/F1pGKpL

Lady Elizabeth Hastings’ library catalogue, books given to her nephew, George. It’s too late for my project on 17th c. women’s libraries but still fun to browse. (Huntington Library, Hastings Inventories, Box 2). #herbook #bookhistory #bibliography